"Turkish elections through a Finnish lens
Friday, July 20, 2007
REETA ÇEVİK
Differences and similarities
Observing Turkish politics from a Finnish perspectiveis always an adventure. In Finland, consensus andcompromise are the rules of the political game.Finnish politicans consider it inappropriate to blametheir rivals or to focus on irreconcilable ideologicaldifferences. In Turkey, on the other hand, politicalparties tend to give prominence to negative criticism,sometimes at the expense of developing and explainingtheir own positive policies."
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